gordlummy

Updated: May 6, 2025

"Gordlummy, look at the d -d flies!" "Curse the sun; sweat's trickling down me back." "And curse all the d -d issue..." "What the holy son of Moses did we join for?" We growled and groaned and cursed our luck. The sweat ran down under our pith helmets and soaked in a stream from under our armpits. We trudged to our camping-place along the shore.

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.